THE PSALMS – A JOURNEY IN WORSHIP AND FAITH - January 13, 2015 - Day 150 - Psalm 150

I have a t-shirt from the Smoky Mountains that says “The Journey Is the Destination.” Certainly my journey into the Book of Psalms was each day, a destination of its own, but today marks the end of that journey. Psalm 150 is an appropriate ending to this quest. It is a short compilation of what the basic premise of the Psalms is; which is praise. For the Christian praise it is not an option.

Psalm 150:1-6
Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

Unless you are dead you should be praising the Lord and if you are Christ’s you will praise Him for all eternity. It doesn’t matter where you are or what is going on, you should praise God. Why? How can you praise God in the midst of tragedy? The answer lies in Romans 8:28
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” All things it says. If you believe that then you must praise God.

Thank you for reading these words I have shared over the past 5 ½ months. I hope you have been as blessed by the Psalms as I have. Praise God. Amen.

A special Praise to God for having blessed me with the writings of Jon Courson, John Phillips, and Warren Wiersbe, all of whose commentaries I used in this work.